Week 3 DAY 1
Book: Oliver Twist
Author: Charles Dickens
Date: 12/30/08
Pages: 1-40
Quote: One day Oliver complained that he was hungry. As a punishment for this, Mrs.Mann locked him in the coal cellar.
Reaction: That was very cruel, even for a workhouse. DAY 2
Date: 12/30/08
Pages: 41-80
Quote: Oliver was enraged. He leaped up, seized Noah by the throat, and shook him until his teeth chattered in his head.Then, putting all his force into one blow, he knocked Noah all the way to the ground.
Reaction: I thought that Oliver was so weak and thin he could never do that to an older boy. DAY 3
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 80-124
Quote: Seveal boys sat at a table near him, smoking long clay pipes.
Reaction: This is just wrong. Boys already shortining their lives. But its not suprising since they're thieves. DAY 4
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 125-156
Quote: But...the Brownlow house was empty!
Reaction: I bet Oliver would be crying or atleast extremely sad. DAY 5
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 157-184
Quote: The noose was around his neck. He fell more than thirty feet before the rope tightened. There was a sudden jerk. Nancy's murderer swung lifeless, in the air.
Reaction: Bill Sikes kills Nancy, he dies when he sees her ghostly frightening face. Slips, and hung himself. He should've known it was coming. I knew he wasn't going to live throughout the whole book.
Week 4 DAY 1
Book: Treasure Hunting
Author: Arnold Madison
Pages: 1-8
Date: 12/31/08
Quote: As Mr. Carter points out, searching for coins in parks, playgrounds, beaches, etc., does have similarity to game hunting, with mePProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 oxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 20xy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 l detector subsituted fo a gun or rifle
Reaction: Well, I never thought of coinshooting like that. DAY 2
Pages: 9-16
Date: 12/31/08
Quote: The first patent for an elecrtonics metal detector was granted to Dr.Gerhard Fisher in 1929
Reaction: I was expecting to read 1980 or 1970, but 1929? Wow. DAY 3
Pages: 17-24
Date: 12/31/08
Quote:Two other items are on the ground floor stage of collecting-children's toys and auto mascots.
Reaction: I never thought I would find this in a tresure hunting book. DAY 4
Pages: 25-32
Date: 12/31/08
Quote: "Once I stepped into a yellow jacket nest and got bit by atleast twenty of them"
Reaction: I never knew that treasure hunting was so dangerous. DAY 5
Pages: 33-40
Date: 12/31/08
Quote: The information is solid and sophisticated, and ten pounds of actual ore samples are sent free with the second lesson.
Reaction: That sounds like it would be in a T.V commercial.
Week 5 DAY 1
Book: Tales From Halloweentown The Witches Amulet
Author: Lucy Ruggles
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 1-22
Quote: Gwen started to turn, then stopped, noticing the six-foot scarecrow in her kitchen.
Reaction: Whenever I read "scarecrow" when talking about Fred, was just a metaphor. But then I realized he was an actual scarcrow! DAY 2
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 23-44
Quote: "Um, my baby sister poops alot"
Reaction: I thought this wouldn't be mentioned in a disney book, but I guess it was appropriate for the scene. DAY 3
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 45-66
Quote: "Unless La Biel's not the professor's real name!"
Reaction: It took them long enough! DAY 4
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 67-88
Quote: "She's been trapped here for six hundred years!"
Reaction: Sucks to be her! DAY 5
Date: 12/31
Pages: 89-110
Quote: " I believe you all know my nephew"
Reaction: At first I thought Stan was good but he was evil all along. Week 11
DAY 1
Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 1-8
Quote: "He-Who-Must-Not-Be Named!" snarled Fudge.
Recation: I don't see why they can't say his name. DAY 2
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 9-16
Quote: "That's because he's a wizard."
Reaction: I never knew that there were "undercover" wizards. DAY 3
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 17-24
Quote: "The one who has been entertaining the public by impersonating a duck"
Reaction: I just thought that that is a wierd way entertain. DAY 4
Date:1/1/09
Pages: 25-32
Quote: "Don't you dare-don't you dare blame my husband!"
Reaction: I would be frightened if she said that to me! DAY 5
Date:1/1/09
Pages: 33-40
Quote: Harry Potter was snoring loudly.
Reaction: I thought this sentence was wierd because Harry Potter's snoring was the last thing on my mind when reading this book. Week 12 DAY 1
Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 41-49
Quote: "And this must be your son, Dudley?"
Reaction: I've never heard that name before. DAY 2
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 50-58
Quote: "Us, mistreat Dudders?"
Reaction: Now I now that the Dursleys love Dudley way more than Harry.
DAY 3
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 59-67
Quote: Dumbledore raised his wand even higher,so that the light was thrown upon the walls, where something darkly red and glutinous was splatterd over the wallpaper.
Reaction: I thought that Horace Slughorn was dead at that point. DAY 4
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 68-76
Quote: "Alright, alright, i'll do it!
Reaction: I knew Slughorn would give in right before they left! DAY 5
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 77-85
Quote: "Declare yourself!"
Reaction: I never knew Ron's mom was overprotective.
. DAY 1
Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 86-95
Quote: "A cow," said Ginny, nodding.
Reaction: I don't know why Ginny doesn't like Fleur. She seems nice. DAY 2
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 96-104
Quote: " I squeezed it and it---punched me" she gasped.
Reaction: I dont seem suprised Ron laughed at that. DAY 3
Date: 1/1/09
Page: 105-113
Quote: " Yeah, like you'd dare do magic out of school," sneered Malfoy.
Reaction: Well, Dumbledore said Harry could if he was being attacked, so he would. DAY 4
Date: 1/1/09
Page: 114-122
Quote: "Mum, can I have a Pygmy Puff?" said Ginny at once.
Reaction: I knew she was going to ask that. DAY 5
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 123-132
Quote: "Of course not.......sir.
Reaction: It's like he's being hypnotized.
2nd Semester
Week 1 DAY 1
Title: Dear Professor Einstein
Edited By: Alice Calaprice
Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 1-25
Quote: My grandfather and I continued to correspond into my teen years until he died.
Reaction: Judging by what she said before, I thought she didn't spen much time with Albert. DAY 2
Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 26-50
Quote: Until a few years before Albert was born, Wurttemburg had been an independent state with its own king.
Reaction: I thought only countries had kings, not states.
DAY 3 Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 51-75
Quote: In 1952, Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel, which he declined.
Reaction: I find this suprising because Einstein just stood up for Israel, and they offer him presidency.
DAY 4 Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 76-100
Quote: "For these reasons,away with the final examination!"
Reaction: I never thought one of the greatest scientists ever would oppose final examination.
DAY 5 Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 101-112
Quote: Einstein was an enthusiastic pipe smoker.
Reaction: I can't believe someone so smart smokes, when it's bad for them and they know it.
WEEK 4 make up
DAY 1
Title: George's Secret Key To The Universe
Author: Lucy & Steven Hawking
Date: 4-20-09
Pages: 1-22
Quote: "It's poison." He rapped sharply on the pane of glass.
Reaction: When I read this, I just knew Freddy wasn't drinking poison. In a regular old house nobody is just going to leave a bowl of poison in the middle of the floor.
DAY 2
Date: 4-20-09
Pages: 23-44
Quote: It takes light 1.3 seconds to travel from Earth to the moon.
Reaction: If that is so, than Earth is is over 186,000 miles away from the moon!
DAY 3
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 45-66
Quote: Scientists think that 90% of the total number of all atoms in the Universe are hydrogen atoms.
Reaction: 90% are hydrogen atoms; that must mean that ONLY 10% of the atoms are for comets, asteroids, planets, and creatures!
DAY 4
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 67-88
Quote: Average temperature of space: -454.72F (-270.4C)
Reaction: I used to think that the temperature of space was like -1,000,000F or something like that!
DAY5
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 89- 109
Quote: We have actually seen only about 1,000 comets so far.
Reaction: 1,000 is actually quite a lot of comets in the 400 years we have been looking at space.
WEEK 5 make up DAY 1
Title: George's Secret Key To The Universe
Author: Lucy & Steven Hawking
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 110- 123
Quote: He could see that the tiny antenna on her helmet was snapped in half.
Reaction: If Annie's antenna broke she can't talk to George or tell Cosmos to get them out of the asteroid storm. DAY 2
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 124- 136
Quote: " I need to have a word with your parents."
Reaction: Who knew that nice, kind Eric would get that mad at George: and it wasn't even his fault for going on the comet; it was Annie's! DAY 3
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 137- 149
Quote: "By the end of the century, flood and droughts will kill thousands and force over two hundred million people to flee from their homes. DAY 4 Date: 4-22-09
Pages: 150- 162
Quote: "Stupid child," grumbled Dr. Reeper.
Reaction: Dr. Reeper was excited about having an audience, and calling them "stupid" is a good way to loose them. DAY 5 Date: 4-22-09
Pages: 163- 177
Quote: "I saw him this morning."
Reaction: It was smart for George to say that, because Dr. Reeper seemed very eager to know that Eric was gone.
Week 6 make up DAY 1
Title: George's Secret Key To The Universe
Author: Lucy & Steven Hawking
Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 178- 190
Quote: The largest volcanoes in the solar system are on the surface of Mars.
Reaction: I didn't know Mars had the the largest volcanoes letting alone having any; DAY 2 Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 191-203
Quote: "Why can't you do both?"
Reaction: That was a really good answer. George was right, they could live on earth and on another planet. DAY 3 Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 204-216
Quote: "He would never give you coordinates of that planet like that!"
Reaction: Greeper wouldn't, he would probably send them into another asteroid or a black hole. DAY 4
Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 217-129
Quote: "Find my book on black holes!"
Reaction: I knew Dr. Reeper was going to send them into a black hole! DAY 5
Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 230-244
Quote: With no time to take off his space suit, he dashed into the street, where he could make out the shapes of four boys running along the road.
Reaction: How would they know to steal cosmos right at the time George and Eric went into space? Greeper thought they didn't turn in the letter.
Week 3
DAY 1
Book: Oliver Twist
Author: Charles Dickens
Date: 12/30/08
Pages: 1-40
Quote: One day Oliver complained that he was hungry. As a punishment for this, Mrs.Mann locked him in the coal cellar.
Reaction: That was very cruel, even for a workhouse.
DAY 2
Date: 12/30/08
Pages: 41-80
Quote: Oliver was enraged. He leaped up, seized Noah by the throat, and shook him until his teeth chattered in his head.Then, putting all his force into one blow, he knocked Noah all the way to the ground.
Reaction: I thought that Oliver was so weak and thin he could never do that to an older boy.
DAY 3
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 80-124
Quote: Seveal boys sat at a table near him, smoking long clay pipes.
Reaction: This is just wrong. Boys already shortining their lives. But its not suprising since they're thieves.
DAY 4
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 125-156
Quote: But...the Brownlow house was empty!
Reaction: I bet Oliver would be crying or atleast extremely sad.
DAY 5
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 157-184
Quote: The noose was around his neck. He fell more than thirty feet before the rope tightened. There was a sudden jerk. Nancy's murderer swung lifeless, in the air.
Reaction: Bill Sikes kills Nancy, he dies when he sees her ghostly frightening face. Slips, and hung himself. He should've known it was coming. I knew he wasn't going to live throughout the whole book.
Week 4
DAY 1
Book: Treasure Hunting
Author: Arnold Madison
Pages: 1-8
Date: 12/31/08
Quote: As Mr. Carter points out, searching for coins in parks, playgrounds, beaches, etc., does have similarity to game hunting, with mePProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 oxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 20xy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 l detector subsituted fo a gun or rifle
Reaction: Well, I never thought of coinshooting like that.
DAY 2
Pages: 9-16
Date: 12/31/08
Quote: The first patent for an elecrtonics metal detector was granted to Dr.Gerhard Fisher in 1929
Reaction: I was expecting to read 1980 or 1970, but 1929? Wow.
DAY 3
Pages: 17-24
Date: 12/31/08
Quote:Two other items are on the ground floor stage of collecting-children's toys and auto mascots.
Reaction: I never thought I would find this in a tresure hunting book.
DAY 4
Pages: 25-32
Date: 12/31/08
Quote: "Once I stepped into a yellow jacket nest and got bit by atleast twenty of them"
Reaction: I never knew that treasure hunting was so dangerous.
DAY 5
Pages: 33-40
Date: 12/31/08
Quote: The information is solid and sophisticated, and ten pounds of actual ore samples are sent free with the second lesson.
Reaction: That sounds like it would be in a T.V commercial.
Week 5
DAY 1
Book: Tales From Halloweentown The Witches Amulet
Author: Lucy Ruggles
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 1-22
Quote: Gwen started to turn, then stopped, noticing the six-foot scarecrow in her kitchen.
Reaction: Whenever I read "scarecrow" when talking about Fred, was just a metaphor. But then I realized he was an actual scarcrow!
DAY 2
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 23-44
Quote: "Um, my baby sister poops alot"
Reaction: I thought this wouldn't be mentioned in a disney book, but I guess it was appropriate for the scene.
DAY 3
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 45-66
Quote: "Unless La Biel's not the professor's real name!"
Reaction: It took them long enough!
DAY 4
Date: 12/31/08
Pages: 67-88
Quote: "She's been trapped here for six hundred years!"
Reaction: Sucks to be her!
DAY 5
Date: 12/31
Pages: 89-110
Quote: " I believe you all know my nephew"
Reaction: At first I thought Stan was good but he was evil all along.
Week 11
DAY 1
Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 1-8
Quote: "He-Who-Must-Not-Be Named!" snarled Fudge.
Recation: I don't see why they can't say his name.
DAY 2
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 9-16
Quote: "That's because he's a wizard."
Reaction: I never knew that there were "undercover" wizards.
DAY 3
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 17-24
Quote: "The one who has been entertaining the public by impersonating a duck"
Reaction: I just thought that that is a wierd way entertain.
DAY 4
Date:1/1/09
Pages: 25-32
Quote: "Don't you dare-don't you dare blame my husband!"
Reaction: I would be frightened if she said that to me!
DAY 5
Date:1/1/09
Pages: 33-40
Quote: Harry Potter was snoring loudly.
Reaction: I thought this sentence was wierd because Harry Potter's snoring was the last thing on my mind when reading this book.
Week 12
DAY 1
Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 41-49
Quote: "And this must be your son, Dudley?"
Reaction: I've never heard that name before.
DAY 2
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 50-58
Quote: "Us, mistreat Dudders?"
Reaction: Now I now that the Dursleys love Dudley way more than Harry.
DAY 3
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 59-67
Quote: Dumbledore raised his wand even higher,so that the light was thrown upon the walls, where something darkly red and glutinous was splatterd over the wallpaper.
Reaction: I thought that Horace Slughorn was dead at that point.
DAY 4
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 68-76
Quote: "Alright, alright, i'll do it!
Reaction: I knew Slughorn would give in right before they left!
DAY 5
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 77-85
Quote: "Declare yourself!"
Reaction: I never knew Ron's mom was overprotective.
.
DAY 1
Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Author: J.K. Rowling
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 86-95
Quote: "A cow," said Ginny, nodding.
Reaction: I don't know why Ginny doesn't like Fleur. She seems nice.
DAY 2
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 96-104
Quote: " I squeezed it and it---punched me" she gasped.
Reaction: I dont seem suprised Ron laughed at that.
DAY 3
Date: 1/1/09
Page: 105-113
Quote: " Yeah, like you'd dare do magic out of school," sneered Malfoy.
Reaction: Well, Dumbledore said Harry could if he was being attacked, so he would.
DAY 4
Date: 1/1/09
Page: 114-122
Quote: "Mum, can I have a Pygmy Puff?" said Ginny at once.
Reaction: I knew she was going to ask that.
DAY 5
Date: 1/1/09
Pages: 123-132
Quote: "Of course not.......sir.
Reaction: It's like he's being hypnotized.
2nd Semester
Week 1
DAY 1
Title: Dear Professor Einstein
Edited By: Alice Calaprice
Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 1-25
Quote: My grandfather and I continued to correspond into my teen years until he died.
Reaction: Judging by what she said before, I thought she didn't spen much time with Albert.
DAY 2
Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 26-50
Quote: Until a few years before Albert was born, Wurttemburg had been an independent state with its own king.
Reaction: I thought only countries had kings, not states.
DAY 3
Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 51-75
Quote: In 1952, Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel, which he declined.
Reaction: I find this suprising because Einstein just stood up for Israel, and they offer him presidency.
DAY 4
Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 76-100
Quote: "For these reasons,away with the final examination!"
Reaction: I never thought one of the greatest scientists ever would oppose final examination.
DAY 5
Date: 2-25-09
Pages: 101-112
Quote: Einstein was an enthusiastic pipe smoker.
Reaction: I can't believe someone so smart smokes, when it's bad for them and they know it.
WEEK 4 make up
DAY 1
Title: George's Secret Key To The Universe
Author: Lucy & Steven Hawking
Date: 4-20-09
Pages: 1-22
Quote: "It's poison." He rapped sharply on the pane of glass.
Reaction: When I read this, I just knew Freddy wasn't drinking poison. In a regular old house nobody is just going to leave a bowl of poison in the middle of the floor.
DAY 2
Date: 4-20-09
Pages: 23-44
Quote: It takes light 1.3 seconds to travel from Earth to the moon.
Reaction: If that is so, than Earth is is over 186,000 miles away from the moon!
DAY 3
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 45-66
Quote: Scientists think that 90% of the total number of all atoms in the Universe are hydrogen atoms.
Reaction: 90% are hydrogen atoms; that must mean that ONLY 10% of the atoms are for comets, asteroids, planets, and creatures!
DAY 4
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 67-88
Quote: Average temperature of space: -454.72F (-270.4C)
Reaction: I used to think that the temperature of space was like -1,000,000F or something like that!
DAY5
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 89- 109
Quote: We have actually seen only about 1,000 comets so far.
Reaction: 1,000 is actually quite a lot of comets in the 400 years we have been looking at space.
WEEK 5 make up
DAY 1
Title: George's Secret Key To The Universe
Author: Lucy & Steven Hawking
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 110- 123
Quote: He could see that the tiny antenna on her helmet was snapped in half.
Reaction: If Annie's antenna broke she can't talk to George or tell Cosmos to get them out of the asteroid storm.
DAY 2
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 124- 136
Quote: " I need to have a word with your parents."
Reaction: Who knew that nice, kind Eric would get that mad at George: and it wasn't even his fault for going on the comet; it was Annie's!
DAY 3
Date: 4-21-09
Pages: 137- 149
Quote: "By the end of the century, flood and droughts will kill thousands and force over two hundred million people to flee from their homes.
DAY 4
Date: 4-22-09
Pages: 150- 162
Quote: "Stupid child," grumbled Dr. Reeper.
Reaction: Dr. Reeper was excited about having an audience, and calling them "stupid" is a good way to loose them.
DAY 5
Date: 4-22-09
Pages: 163- 177
Quote: "I saw him this morning."
Reaction: It was smart for George to say that, because Dr. Reeper seemed very eager to know that Eric was gone.
Week 6 make up
DAY 1
Title: George's Secret Key To The Universe
Author: Lucy & Steven Hawking
Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 178- 190
Quote: The largest volcanoes in the solar system are on the surface of Mars.
Reaction: I didn't know Mars had the the largest volcanoes letting alone having any;
DAY 2
Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 191-203
Quote: "Why can't you do both?"
Reaction: That was a really good answer. George was right, they could live on earth and on another planet.
DAY 3
Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 204-216
Quote: "He would never give you coordinates of that planet like that!"
Reaction: Greeper wouldn't, he would probably send them into another asteroid or a black hole.
DAY 4
Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 217-129
Quote: "Find my book on black holes!"
Reaction: I knew Dr. Reeper was going to send them into a black hole!
DAY 5
Date: 4-23-09
Pages: 230-244
Quote: With no time to take off his space suit, he dashed into the street, where he could make out the shapes of four boys running along the road.
Reaction: How would they know to steal cosmos right at the time George and Eric went into space? Greeper thought they didn't turn in the letter.